Area Code 217

Area code 217 is one of the original area codes created in 1947. It was created for serving the areas of Central Illinois -- a division of the Illinois State of U.S. Standard time zone for all the areas served by the 217 area code is Central Time Zone.

There are total five states which compose the East North Central division of United States and Illinois is one of them - other four are:

• Indiana
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Wisconsin

Central Illinois is served by two area codes:

• Code 217
• Code 309

The 217 area code is surrounded from four sides by the area codes as:

• West: 573.
• North: 309, 815/779
• East: 765, 812
• South: 618

List of Counties: 

ADAMS BOND BROWN CASS CHAMPAIGN CHRISTIAN CLARK COLES COOK CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND DEWITT DOUGLAS EDGAR EFFINGHAM

FAYETTE FORD GREENE HANCOCK HENDERSON IROQUOIS JASPER KNOX LIVINGSTON LOGAN MACON MACOUPIN MADISON MASON MCDONOUGH

MCLEAN MENARD MONTGOMERY MORGAN MOULTRIE PIATT PIKE SALINE SANGAMON SCHUYLER SCOTT SHELBY TAZEWELL VERMILION

List of Cities: 

Chicago Alexander Alvin Arcola Arenzville Argenta Armstrong Arthur Ashland Ashmore Assumption Athens Atlanta Atwood Auburn Augusta Barry Basco Baylis Beardstown Beason Bement Benld Bethany Bismarck Blue Mound Bluffs Bondville Bowen Broadlands Brocton Buckley Buffalo Burton Camp Point Cantrall Carlinville Carrollton Carthage Casey Catlin Cerro Gordo Chambersburg Champaign Chandlerville Chapin Charleston Chatham Cheneyville Chestnut Chrisman Cisco Clarksville Clayton Clinton Coatsburg Coffeen Collison Columbus Colusa Concord Cowden Dallas City Dalton City Danville De Land Decatur Dieterich Divernon Donnellson East Lynn Edinburg Effingham Eldred Elkhart Elliott Elliottstown Elvaston Elwin Emden Fairmount Farmersville Ferris Fillmore Findlay Fisher Fishhook Fithian Flatville

Foosland Fountain Green Fowler Franklin Gays Georgetown Gibson City Gifford Gila Gillespie Girard Golden Grandview Greenfield Greenup Greenview Griggsville Hamilton Hammond Harristown Hartsburg Henning Hersman Hillsboro Hillview Homer Hoopeston Hull Humboldt Illiopolis Indianola Irving Ivesdale Jacksonville Kansas Kenney Kincaid Kirksville La Harpe Laplace Latham Liberty Lima Lincoln Litchfield Literberry Loami Loda Lomax Loraine Lovington Ludlow Macon Mahomet Manchester Mansfield Maroa Marshall Martinsville Mason City Mattoon Melvin Mendon Meredosia Metcalf Meyer Middletown Milton Mindale Modesto Monticello Montrose Morrisonville Mount Auburn Mount Olive Mount Pulaski Mount Sterling Mount Zion Moweaqua Murrayville Nauvoo Neoga New Berlin New Canton New Douglas Newman Niantic Niota Nokomis

Oakford Oakland Oakwood Oconee Ogden Oreana Owaneco Palmyra Pana Paris Patterson Pawnee Paxton Payson Pearl Penfield Perry Pesotum Petersburg Philo Pittsfield Pleasant Hill Pleasant Plains Potomac Quincy Rankin Rantoul Raymond Redmon Ridge Farm Riverton Roberts Rochester Rockport Roodhouse Rossville Royal Rushville Sadorus Scottville Seymour Shelbyville Sherman Shumway Sibley Sidell Sidney Sigel Sorento Springfield St Joseph Stewardson Stonington Strasburg Sullivan Sutter Tallula Taylorville Teutopolis Thawville Thomasboro Toledo Tolono Tower Hill Tuscola Ursa Vermilion Versailles Villa Grove Virden Virginia West Dana Warrensburg Warsaw Watson Waverly Waynesville Weldon West Union Westervelt Westfield Westville White Hall Williamsville Winchester Windsor Witt Woodson

Leading institutions, ISPs and Telephone companies:

Leading educational institutions serving the area of code 217 are:

• Blackburn College (Ph: 217-8543231)
• Carl Sandburg College (Ph: 217-3573129)
• Culver Stockton College (Ph: 217-2316317)
• Millikin University (Ph: 217-4246211)

Some of the ISPs offering dialup and dedicated services for the people of 217 areas are:

• A Silicon Networks
• A Value Access Providers--- VAP
• Ace Dialup
• America Internet Services
• AT&T DSL Service
• Bayarea Internet Solutions
• Best Rate ISP
• Black Cat Solutions, Inc.
• Cleartouch.Com
• COBWEB Internet Services

Some of the main carriers and telephone companies for 217 areas are:

• ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - AR
• AT&T LOCAL
• BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - AL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA
• DELTACOM, INC. - AL
• LEAP WIRELESS INTL, INC. DBA CRICKET COMM, INC.
• LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - CA
• MOUNTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CLEC
• NETWORK SERVICES LLC
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC
• NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
• O1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA
• PAC - WEST TELECOMM, INC.
• PACIFIC BELL
• QWEST CORPORATION
• SOUTHWESTERN BELL
• SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
• TELCOVE OPERATIONS, INC. - AL
• TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - SAN FRANCISCO
• T-MOBILE USA, INC.
• TW TELECOM OF CALIFORNIA LP - CA
• USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC.

Reverse Phone Check for the area code 217:

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You will be viewing details associated with the number within a few seconds. If you have to search a number with code "217" then explore the reverse directory for area code 217.